Regarding interoperability of FEA tools:
1. Is Dassault Abaqus Input-file Format is widely supported by other FEA tools (such as, Ansys, Nastran, etc.)? Or every FEA tool has a specific Input file format that cannot be handled/used by a different tool?
2. Are there any interoperability issues between different versions of Nastran provided by different vendors (for instance, MSC Nastran and NX Nastran, etc.)? Or can we use the model developed in one Nastran version (e.g. MSC Nastran) easily in a different Nastran version (e.g. NX Nastran)?
Thanking you.
If you import your file as STEP or IGES it can used on most of the FEA packages.
Rahul Jangali, I read this on Wikipedia: " After the initial release of STEP (ISO 10303) in 1994, interest in further development of IGES declined, and Version 5.3 (1996) was the last published standard. "
And, my question is about generally used open formats for CFD and structural analysis.
In recent updated versions such as ANSYS 19.3, Altair hyperworks, most of the cases, all input files formats are compatible with any solver and intermediately we can move from one solver to other without much hassle.
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